Nothing logs without a look first
A photographed plate or a typed description gets analysed and returned for review, nothing is saved until the client confirms what came back. Foods a client eats often sit ready as a one-tap log too, instead of being searched for every time.
The review step is the point. Photo recognition is good and it is not certain, and a number that goes into a client's day without them looking at it is a number nobody can trust later. Confirming takes a second and it means the week's data is real.
Why a checked core matters
A 2.6 million row database is mostly crowd-sourced, and crowd-sourced food data contains a lot of near-duplicates and a certain amount of nonsense. So the size is not the feature. What makes it usable is the smaller, checked set that is always listed first: foods marked Evobody approved, each signed off by a person, and library foods marked LIB, whose numbers are copied from a USDA or Open Food Facts record. That is why a client searching "chicken breast" gets the right answer first rather than the 14th entry called chicken breast.
Four ways to log
- Search the database.
- Scan a barcode on the packet.
- Photograph the plate and confirm what comes back.
- Describe it in plain words to Evo SI, then correct it by saying "that was a bun, not a roll."
Separately from the food log, Evo SI can look forward rather than back: a client photographs the menu at the restaurant they are sitting in and asks what they can eat, or photographs the fridge and finds out what they can make. Evo SI is told that client's own allergy and diet rules with every question.
What a client sees for each food
Every result shows its calories and macros for a serving, such as a pot of yoghurt. Opening a food gives the amount in servings or grams, starting from what the client had last time, the calories, protein, carbs and fat for that amount, and what else is in it where the data has it: fibre, sugars, minerals and vitamins. A food nobody has yet can be created in a minute, with its brand, barcode and serving, and it is that client's alone.
What the coach sees
The coach sets each client's calories and macros, and the dashboard shows the last 30 days of logging against them, a bar for each day. The client's nutrition page has the day by day history of what they ate, with the photos of their meals.
Nutrition is not an add-on here
Food tracking and meal plans are in every Evobody plan, including the free one. That is not universal:
- Everfit sells meal plans and recipe books as an add-on at $39 a month (its pricing page).
- ABC Trainerize sells advanced nutrition coaching at $20 a month, or $45 from its Pro 30 plan (its pricing page).
- My PT Hub and PT Distinction both include nutrition on every plan, which is to their credit.
The full working is on alternatives.
No add-ons, now or ever. Other coaching apps charge extra for add-ons. We never will: every coaching feature is on every plan, everything we build next comes in too, and you never pay for our progress.
Questions about the food database
What food database does Evobody use?
About 2.6 million foods from USDA and Open Food Facts, with a checked core of about two thousand listed first. Every search also checks Open Food Facts and FatSecret live. It is in every plan, including the free one, rather than sold as a nutrition add-on.
How does a client log a meal in Evobody?
Four ways: search the database, scan a barcode, photograph the plate, or describe the meal in plain words to Evo SI. A photographed plate or a typed description is analysed and returned for review, and nothing is saved until the client confirms what came back.
Is the photo of a plate read by Evo SI?
Yes. Scan a meal sends the photo to Evo SI, which names what it sees and builds the entry, using the checked numbers where a checked food matches. Each scan is one of the client's ten free Evo SI questions, then Evo SI, which is optional, is $3 a month per client the coach switches it on for.
Can the AI read a restaurant menu?
Yes. A client can photograph the menu at the restaurant they are sitting in and ask what they can eat, or photograph the fridge and find out what they can make. Evo SI's answers are checked against that client's own allergy and diet rules and corrected if one approves a food they should not have.
Does Evobody charge extra for nutrition coaching?
No. Food tracking and meal plans are in every plan. Everfit sells meal plans and recipe books as a $39 a month add-on, and ABC Trainerize sells advanced nutrition coaching at $20 a month, or $45 from its Pro 30 plan.
Does food logging work without signal?
Partly. Searching needs a connection, but a product scanned before still scans, and anything logged is kept on the phone and sent when the signal is back. How offline logging works.